Mr Brown said Westell then made the odd comment to the complete stranger about Facebook.

But the court heard the defendant calmed down and was arrested by police in Admiralty Street, where was found with a second blade, a Stanley knife.

Plymouth Crown Court (Image: File image)

Ali Rafati, for Westell, told the court that his client had responded well to probation supervision under his previous sentence. He also had a part-time job which he was hoping to convert into a full-time post.

The barrister told a previous hearing: “He believed he was being hunted by a group of men, whether that is paranoia or reality.”

Westell was handed a 12-month community order with 100 hours unpaid work. He was fined £150 for breaching the suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £340 prosecution costs.